A Malay-English dictionary,

KASAI [ 495 ] KAPUS.. -...,.-.I

method of winning the love of another.
'A zmat p.: a love talisman.
Pbngasehan: love. Tamanp.: a garden of
love; Ht. Abd., 79.
Pe'rkaseh: a variant of pengaseh; Muj., 84.
See also kasi I.
c " kasai. A cosmetic; Sh. Bid., 26, 46. In the
Peninsula it is better known as bedak. K.
hangat and k. sejok: varieties of this cosmetic.
~,& kasi. I. (Singapore.) Give. Kasi sama
sehaya: give me. This word (which is a
"Bazaar" Malay word) is possibly a variant of
kasih, in the sense of bestowal.
II. [ Hind. La- ] Castration, gelding.
Ayam k.: a capon. Lembu k.: a bullock.
Laksana lembu kasi: like a bullock (which
threatens, but never charges); threats which
mean nothing; Prov.
jp( kangor. Lang kangor: a (red) variety of hawk.
-j\ kaf. The name of the letter.
)( kffir. Arab. Unbeliever, infidel; one who
Jf denies the faith. Orang k.; non-Muhammadans. Jin k.: evil spirits who do not
acknowledge the faith of Islam. Sa-tengah
kdfir, sa-tengah isldm: half were infidels, half
Muhammadans; Sej. Mal., 21. Mgnjadi kdfir
meninggalkan imdn: to become an infidel and
abandon the true faith; Sh. Kumb. Chumb., 3.
Kfir ruslhiyan goyang kepala: the infidel
Russians shook their heads; Sh. Pr. Turki, 5.
5,yi kAfiri. Arab. Infidel,-an adjectival form of
kafir; Sh. Abd. Mk., 70.
kaf kaffr. Arab. Camphor; Ht. Kal. Dam., 352;
v. kapor.. kapa. I. A sort of very temporary gunwale
to tide over a passing difficulty; cf. rubing.
II. Nervous trembling; fits of shivering at
night as the result of bad dreams. Terkapakapa: id.; Ht. Best.
III. [Arab. kdfL.] Complete, perfect; used
of the impression of a seal in wax being perfect.,;J~ kapit. I. Support between two; support on
each side. This word is especially used of the
"supporters" of a bridegroom, the "seconds"
of a combatant in a duel, and other bestowers
of moral support rather than actual assistance;
Ht. Ind. Meng.; Ht. Koris; Sh. Bid., II9.
Pengapit: a supporter, a second; Ht. Sri Rama.
Cf. apit.
II. Pressure between two connected surfaces;
a variant of kepit, q. v.

(0 kapar. Lying about without order or method;
scattered about here and there; lying in a
careless or unstudied attitude.
Kaparkan: to scatter about; Sej. Mal., I59.

Berkaparan: scattered about in disorder, as
flowers blown down from a tree (Ht. Sg. Samb.),
or as flags and pennons abandoned on a battlefield (Sh. Sri Ben., 87), or as sentinels tired
out and asleep (Ht. Ind. Jaya).
Tirkapar: fallen into a chance attitude or
position, as a man after a sudden fainting
fit; Sh. Ik. Trub., i2.
kaper. Jav. A night-bird (unidentified).

K.~r kapir. Infidel; = (Arab.).~, q. v.
)j kapor. Chalk, lime, camphor; the camphor
tree; the lime eaten with sireh leaf. Sireh
sa-kapor: a quid of betel leaf; Ht. Koris.
Kapor di-hujong teunjok: sireh lime at the
tip of the finger; a type of transitory existence
since it is not allowed to stay there long; Prov.
Bagai kunyet delgan kapor: like saffron and sireh
lime; an appropriate conjunction; Prov., J. S.
A. S., III., 24. Bagai chichak mnakan kapor: as
a lizard eats sireh lime (with delight); Prov.
Menyaput kapor: to whitewash; Ht. Abd., 352.
K. barus: camphor (the best camphor coming
from Barus in Sumatra); dryobalanops aromatica.
K. bglanda: chalk.
K. buloh: a substance resembling camphor.
but found in the bamboo.
K. masak: plaster.
K. tohor: whitewash.
Ikan k.: a fish (unidentified); Sh. Ik.
Trub., I2.
Kaporkan: to put lime (on sireh), Ht. Hg.
Tuw., 100. Mengapor: id.; Ht. Koris.
Pekapor: the cylindrical box in which the
lime is kept in a set of betel-chewing requisites.
*( kapas. A generic name for cultivated cottons,
Lr.., especially gossypium herbaceum. Sembeleh ayam
dengan pisau, sembeleh orang dengan kapas:
slaughter a fowl with a knife and a man with
cotton; an allusion to the piece of cotton
through which the keris is driven in a Malay
execution (salang); J. S. A. S., XXIV., 109.
Saperti kapas yang di-busor: like newly-cleaned
cotton; a simile for extreme whiteness.
K. benggala: gossypium herbaceum, var.
vitifolium.
K. bulan: xanthophyllum rufum.
K. hantu: hibiscus abelmoschus.
Buwah k.: xanthophyllumn obscurum.
Limau k.: the common lime-fruit; citrus acida.
~( kapis. (Riau, Johor.) A generic name given
to several shells of the genus pecten, notably
pecten japonicus and pecten pleuronectes. Also
(Kedah) kekapis.,50' kapus. Terkapus: washed out, effaced (of
inkstains or writing which has been in contact
with water). Cf. apus.